Summary
Maarten Coonen is a data engineer and IT developer with over a decade of experience who transitioned from molecular life sciences into ICT in 2011, blending scientific rigor with practical software delivery. He leads digital heritage and research intelligence initiatives at Maastricht University Library, driving migrations (Islandora to Omeka S), linked open data projects, and bespoke ETL pipelines and dashboards built in Python (Dash/Plotly). Known for composing working systems from open-source components, he also architects proxy APIs and maintains integrations for institutional research systems like Pure. His background in bioinformatics and research IT informs a data-centric approach to problem solving and a knack for turning messy, domain-specific data into dependable tools for end users.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Molecular Life Sciences, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Molecular Life Sciences at Maastricht University
Dutch, English, French, German